Casperia and the Sabina area of Italy

Casperia is one of the ancient hill towns in Sabina, an undiscovered rural corner of Lazio, just south of Tuscany and Umbria and North of Rome (see map), this region is ideally situated for an excursion based Italian vacation. Towns like Orvieto Assisi, Perugia, Viterbo and Rome or going south Naples itself are all within a comfortable driving distance, or accessible by train.

The virgin hilltowns like Casperia preserve traditions, there is a local brass band which appears on every special Saint's day, popular festivals include the "sagra dei stringozzi" (a rustic pasta), held in august, "andare per olio" (tasting the new olive oil) in November, the medieval and the polenta festival. During these festivities, which all the locals attend, tables are set outdoors and everybody joins in; after lots of local wine the evening ends with fireworks.

Dusk in Casperia, on the way to La Torretta bed and breakfast.

Approaching La Torretta from the other direction. No cars run through this town, the streets are this narrow! So Casperia remains an undiscovered, traffic free, virgin hilltown.

The area around Casperia is great for hiking, climbing and other outdoor activities, and Casperia itself has a series of gentle walks starting from the village and lasting from 1 to 2 hours, thanks to a group of international volunteers who cleared and restored the old mule tracks around Casperia.